Wednesday, February 15, 2017

Commemoration of 69 Franciscan Friars and many parishioners martryed near Medugorje

Commemoration of the 69 Franciscan Friars and many parishioners burnt alive near Medugorje during the Communist reign.They refused to deny the existence of God.They were taken to a cave near the monastery and killed.

At the commemoration Mass there were the ancestors of these martryrs.

Ten of the martryed Friars were from Medugorje.Among those killed was the Friar who built the large Cross on the mountain in Medugorje.